Improvement in butter-workers



J. N. BRUSH.

BUTTER WORKER.

No. 109,381. Patented Nov. 22, 1870.

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JOSHUA N. BRUSH, OF EYOTA, MINNESOTA.

Letters Patent No. 109,381, dated November 22, 1810.

IMPROVEMENT IN BUTTER-WORKERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Pate'nt and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, JOSHUA N. Bnnsn, of Eyotn,

in the county of Olmstend and State of Minnesota,

have invented a new and. Improved Butter-Worker; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof,reference being bad to the accompanying drawing forming part of thisspecification, in which the figure is a longitudinal vertical section.

My invention has for its object to provide a convenient and effectivedevice for expressing the buttermilk from huttennnd to this end itconsists in the butter-worker constructed as I will now proceed todescribe in detail.

In the accompanying drawing- A is a. horizontal lever, hinged at one endto a. suitnble upright, B, in any convenient location.

To the under side of this lever, at npointremoved from its hinged end,isfirnily secured a print-cup, G, as shown. p y

D is a. bent spring, secured at one end to the upper side of thelever. I

The free end of this spring is secured to a. stem, .E,

which passes downward through the leverand the bottom of the printcup,to receive the mold-disk or false bottom F contained therein, as shown.

By this construction, the mold-disk operates with n yielding pressurewhen the lever is depressed.

The print enp may hemnde of glass or other snitnhlc nmterial, and of anyproper size.

G is the butter-board, placed upon a. suitable snp port,- and adaptedfor removal.

The butter to be pressed or worked is placed upon this board, and thelever raised to permit the butter to pass under the cup. The lever isthen depressed one or more times, forcing the butter within the cup andagainst the mold-disk F, which presses it with n yielding pressure, aspreviously mentioned.

By this arrangement the butter-milk is not only expressed from thebutter, but the latter is formed into prints of a form corresponding tothe-interior configuration of the cup and the mold-disk.

' Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The butter-worker, consisting of the hinged or pivoted lever A, carryingtlie'inverted cup 0 and sprin !nold F, all the parts being arranged asherein set forth,'for the purpose specified.

Witnesses: JOSHUA N. BRUSH,

